Rescue crews help flooded residents in Lisle

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In Lisle, Mayor Joe Broda rushed out of the house at 6 a.m. Thursday to see roads blocked, power out and homes under water. “It’s the worst I’ve ever seen and I’ve been living here for 35 years,” Broda said. “It’s not a pretty sight.”

All the east-west roads in town were blocked by standing water. Fire and police crews used stretchers and wheelchairs to evacuate two nursing homes. And Four Lakes, a large residential community with a mix of condominiums, town homes and apartments, lost its power when a substation became submerged in water, Broda said. Thousands of residents were left in the dark.

Broda said he and village officials were monitoring weather reports closely and hoping for a reprieve in rain that might allow them to recover.

The American Red Cross set up an evacuation site at the Krasa Student Center at Benedictine University, 5700 College Rd.